NIGERIAN international, Joseph Yobo has said that he plans to play till 2018 even amid calls from a section of the public that he is already too old for the national team.

"What my manager told me is that I could still play for another seven, eight years. It is all about me looking after myself. You know that I started playing for the national team early. I am fortunate and thank my God that when I made my debut I kept my place in the Super Eagles.

"I can understand if they say I have been there for long or I have been there for quite sometime, I will understand. But if you say I am old, then I will start wondering because I don't know the meaning of being old.

"I don't know what they are talking about being old or not being old. They should look in the mirror to know whether somebody is old or not,"Yobo who featured at the 2002 and 2010 World Cups told MTNFootball.com. .

"In football things happen very fast. In other national teams you will see players who are well past 30 and they are still playing. I think it all depends on who you bring on the table.

"As I said, there are two different things - Yobo is playing in the national team for quite some time, but if you say Yobo is old, I disagree with this."

The Everton defender, who once featured for Olympique Marseille and Standard Liege, maintained that he is only getting to the peak of his career.